CHAPTER 21

Just as she had each morning over the past week, Danica was on the kitchen counter sipping her coffee while engaged in a staring contest with dear old Lindy. It was practically ritualistic for them to partake in a battle of wills whenever they were in the same room. Each and every time, Danica would leave the room smiling while Lindy was purple in the face and.growling. Once Lindy had realized that she wasn’t going to scare Danica off,

she had taken to simply insulting her and generally being difficult. In truth, Danica found the whole thing just as entertaining as everyone else did. As usual, they were all eating quietly as they waited for the verbal spar to begin.

"What are you looking at, hussy?" Lindy finally spat.

"I haven’t figured that out yet."

Huffing, Lindy drank down more of her green herbal tea. "I hope you’re not getting comfortable, you won’t be here for much longer."

"So you’ve said. Repeatedly."